Trump tells NATO chief the US needs Greenland
Washington DC, US Reuters President Donald Trump told NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Thursday that US control of Greenland is necessary to enhance international security, escalating his campaign to annex the strategic Arctic island. “You know, Mark, we need that for international security, not just security – international – we have a lot of our […]
Rubio tells Panama to end China’s influence of canal or face US action
Panama City, Panama Reuters US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday warned Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino that Washington will “take measures necessary” if Panama does not immediately take steps to end what President Donald Trump sees as China’s influence and control over the Panama Canal. Mulino, after the talks with the top US […]
Trump vows again to take back Panama Canal, talks of “Manifest Destiny” in space
Washington DC, US Reuters Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of “Manifest Destiny.” Doubling down on his pre-inauguration threat to reimpose US control over the canal, Trump again […]
As Panama remembers bloody past, a message for Trump: the canal is ours
Panama City, Panama Reuters Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against US control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to retake the vital global waterway. More than 20 Panamanians, many of them students, died […]
Jimmy Carter eulogised by Kamala Harris, Congressional leaders at US Capitol
Updated: 10:25am (AEDT) Washington DC, US AP Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th President returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Carter’s remains, which had been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday, left the Atlanta campus Tuesday morning, accompanied […]
Trump won’t rule out force to take Panama Canal, Greenland
Palm Beach, Florida Reuters US President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda he has promoted since winning the 5th November election. Trump, who takes office on 20th January, also floated the idea of […]
Trump previews combative foreign policy with threats to Panama, Greenland
West Palm Beach, Florida, US Reuters Donald Trump’s surprise threat to retake control of the Panama Canal and his expansionist declaration that the United States should own Greenland signals that the incoming US President will pursue a foreign policy unbound by diplomatic niceties. As Trump prepares to take office on 20th January, his aides have […]
Drought-hit Panama Canal further restricts maximum ship depth
Panama City, Panama Reuters The Panama Canal will expand restrictions on the largest ships crossing the waterway, one of the world’s busiest trade passages, the canal authority’s administrator said on Wednesday, citing shallower waters due to drought. The measure follows a series of depth restrictions in the 80 kilometres canal since the beginning of the […]
Origins: A century on, the Panama Canal continues to provide a vital link between oceans
Having celebrated the centenary of its opening last year, DAVID ADAMS looks at the history of the Panama Canal…